VACATION TREATS

Anchor Books' recent publication of "The Da Vinci Code" in paperback puts Dan Brown's popular thriller into lightweight, compact form for easy toting to summer-reading spots. But with 60.5 million copies of "Da Vinci" already in circulation, the "Code" has already been cracked by plenty of readers.
For them -- indeed, for anyone whose summer pleasures include books -- there are many other choices, new titles in hardcover and paperback, that summertime readers might consider diving into while at the beach or in the backyard.
Here are some suggestions by Ron Berthel of The Associated Press:
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